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Eric Clapton River Of Tears Lyrics
Total views: 2 times this week / Rating: 10/10 [6 votes]Album: Pilgrim / Original Release Date: 1998-03-09Genre: PopSong Duration: 7 min 21 sec
ERIC CLAPTON
- River Of Tears Lyrics / with translationsIt's three miles to the river
That would carry me away,
And two miles to the dusty street
That I saw you on today.
It's four miles to my lonely room
Where I will hide my face,
And about half a mile to the downtown bar
That I ran from in disgrace.
Lord, how long have I got to keep on running,
Seven hours, seven days or seven years?
All I know is, since you've been gone
I feel like I'm drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.
Drowning in a river.
Feel like I'm drowning,
Drowning in a river.
In three more days, I'll leave this town
And disappear without a trace.
A year from now, maybe settle down
Where no one knows my face.
I wish that I could hold you
One more time to ease the pain,
But my time's run out and I got to go,
Got to run away again.
Still I catch myself thinking,
One day I'll find my way back here.
You'll save me from drowning,
Drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.
Drowning in a river.
Feels like I'm drowning,
Drowning in the river.
Lord, how long must this go on?
Drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.
That would carry me away,
And two miles to the dusty street
That I saw you on today.
It's four miles to my lonely room
Where I will hide my face,
And about half a mile to the downtown bar
That I ran from in disgrace.
Lord, how long have I got to keep on running,
Seven hours, seven days or seven years?
All I know is, since you've been gone
I feel like I'm drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.
Drowning in a river.
Feel like I'm drowning,
Drowning in a river.
In three more days, I'll leave this town
A year from now, maybe settle down
Where no one knows my face.
I wish that I could hold you
One more time to ease the pain,
But my time's run out and I got to go,
Got to run away again.
Still I catch myself thinking,
One day I'll find my way back here.
You'll save me from drowning,
Drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.
Drowning in a river.
Feels like I'm drowning,
Drowning in the river.
Lord, how long must this go on?
Drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.
Facts about River Of Tears
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River Of Tears is written by Eric Patrick Clapton, Simon Crispin Climie.
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It is first released on March 09, 1998 as part of Eric Clapton's album "Pilgrim" which includes 14 tracks in total. This song is the 1st track on this album.
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When we explore how the lyrics were meant to make us feel, Eric Clapton's River of Tears translates the intense emotional conflict and yearn after a bitter parting into the image of a person submerged in the river of tears, thus expressing the enormity of grief and the wish for liberation. The lyrics of River of tears focus largely on love, war, death, and losing oneself in contemplation and living alone. The song equally mentions the need for escaping and fleeing as well as the consequences of hurting oneself and the resulting longing. The lyrics reveal the emotions of sadness, yearning and fleeing depicting the maturity in the themes, thus probably needing parents' guidance for kids. The style is gentle and there are no direct references to violence, nudity or drugs.
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River Of Tears falls under the genre Pop.
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River Of Tears song length is 7 minutes and 21 seconds.
Who wrote River Of Tears lyrics?
River Of Tears is written by Eric Patrick Clapton, Simon Crispin Climie.
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When was River Of Tears released?
It is first released on March 09, 1998 as part of Eric Clapton's album "Pilgrim" which includes 14 tracks in total. This song is the 1st track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind River Of Tears lyrics?
When we explore how the lyrics were meant to make us feel, Eric Clapton's River of Tears translates the intense emotional conflict and yearn after a bitter parting into the image of a person submerged in the river of tears, thus expressing the enormity of grief and the wish for liberation. The lyrics of River of tears focus largely on love, war, death, and losing oneself in contemplation and living alone. The song equally mentions the need for escaping and fleeing as well as the consequences of hurting oneself and the resulting longing. The lyrics reveal the emotions of sadness, yearning and fleeing depicting the maturity in the themes, thus probably needing parents' guidance for kids. The style is gentle and there are no direct references to violence, nudity or drugs.
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Which genre is River Of Tears?
River Of Tears falls under the genre Pop.
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How long is the song River Of Tears?
River Of Tears song length is 7 minutes and 21 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Eric Patrick Clapton, Simon Crispin ClimieRecord Label(s): 1998 Reprise Records for the U S and WEA International Inc for the world outside of the U S
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